The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

jegrn finally on The i'~h ol Nay which
passed and h.ls sin y b.-en eecru-ssi I'm Bv
the >,trse ansi IL i nov norr than lseIv
that the legislature sir adioarn At that
time. II i to he hoped ~. ~ least.
Although some time has been wasted in
sn.lszsvorsng % take up the legislative apr.or-
t.snmeuf bin oar Of IT, orrier. bar ir wa v,s-
tssl .iosu .r1 ao-sav ,-,s.fi 49, Ih. Deiu,s-asl.
voting against amy mea-iIre OF the kind bv
y hich the business Woald be facilitated look
ing towards an early adjournment It Is
noR pretty clear THAT Jhs,y arr going u do all
in their power 70 prevent The passing OF the
apE-rtiourneat bills ard thus prevent an
early adj1urnmenr The resolution after
Ward- Wa rec1nsiderei On Tuesday. and
passed by a party vote excerpt those Repub-
licans who are dissatisfied with the bill and
the Democrats II j. to be regretted that Re
uublican- will stand IN with Democrats and
insist in changing the bills a. reported from
the committee. and thus create discoutent
and delay
understand senator Alexander has aban-
dof.e,i rls,. idea Of amending the Congres>iou-
al apportioamens bill :, Is 70 include Fultoa /
Z in your district For thi> be deserves 70 be I
commended and rewarded. out those Repu5-
licans sho insist in creating a disturbance
and hindrance in legislation in this way and
/ by amendments oi this kind, deserve 70 be- (
Icft al home.
The motion by which the Congressional 1
{ Ap,,rtionrnent bill wa. amended was recon-
{ -
! third reading a. referred from the Committee 4
+ and will likely ps.ss.
Just before the House adjourned ou Mon .
day evening. the Governor sent his first veto
I 10 thar body Il T. what Is known a, the
( Philadelphia Surveyors bin, which met
I with this uukind tate It was intended a.
an amendment to she Bulfitt charter provid- /
/ ing thar surveyors shall hereafter be elected
by the people, instead OF being appointed
In brief the Governor says that there Is no
Legitimate reason why the change should be
made and he viii not bt a party To it. VI
feel reluttautiy constrained 10 withheld mv
signature j. the way the veto conclude,
Ii Is eoucued in plain simple Vet firm and
,ittisiy= lang,iagt There was not vote ia
favor II passing the bill over the oioveruor.
veto. bat he was unanimously sustained
\ large number of bills passed third read-
ing Among other, was senator Coopers
joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the Commonwealth aboi-
ishius the poll TAX A number Of bills were
rad on "Wednesday forenoon on second
reading and in the afternoon quite a large
number passed third reading An evening
session was held at which large number of
oils passed second reading. among them the
Senatorial Apportionueur bill and the Joint
Resolution giving women the right Of sui
frase
The Legislature, by invitation, visited the
'setty,burs battlefield this Wa gala dav
for tine BOYS \ large number Of both Hous-
- went on the excursion, together with the
Governor, his staff. ami many prominent
persons from the various departments. 20 the
number Of about four hundred. in d special
trlin of nine ears. The excursion left at :
o. Hl- sud returned at q. m. on arriving
the train was stopped a short distance This
side IF the town, 20 take IN the first day, en-
glSeHient and ge' general insight Of the
three days battle They were met there by
Col John b. Bachelder, of Boston Mass.
Superintendent ofthe Gettysburg Memorial
Association, who has done 80 much 10 per
petuate the memory Of this historic place
He made brief and concise statement Of
the battle and giving fuil particulars Of the
first day engagement. after which they en-
III a..
public square. and listened % an address Of
welcGine by ex-District Attorney Swope. who
said excursions were 80 numerous u the
place that they had long since ceased 10 give
any formal welcome to any one, but this
was an exception The Association, the
town council the citizens, all bid them vel
come.
Governor Beaver was called for, and made
a few happy and appropriate remarks After
dinner the members were driven over the
entire field and every important point ex-
plained aud oometimes duclt upon af length
One important feature w.ls to view the tab
lets. memorial monuments. and various mar
kers placed bv the different states and reai-
Ineuts tn mark the important events in
which they were engaged IN this the State
of MASSACHUSETTS excels all Others. 81 much
SO that the Governor said. IN Introducing the
first speaker, that it Is said that the state Of
Massachusetts fought the battle Of Geitvs-
burg The National Cemetery with its tue
monuments. made doubIy historic by PTeSi-
dent Lincplns famous address. IS grand
place. Ia fact the entire field teens with
memories and recollectionS tou sacred ,o
dwell upon. The Battle of Gettysburg Pa
ges. yea volumes might b. written upon e.
What mighty history was enacted in ,he
brief period of fthree DAYS future ages will d
only fully appreciate and realize the iu-rnen-
sjty oi the nccai>ion. The main obie-t ofthe !
excursion was to convince the pr,.~en, Iezis- :
ature tha, it -haald du something by the 9
way Of appropriations Gor 70 erect monu- ]
nents on this famous field. There is a bin d
pending in the senate. which passed the d
HOUSE. making an appropriatiou.of 81 go D
10 builda monument costing II 0I 20 each a
Of the eighJy-one Pennsylvania regiments J.
engaged in the conflict Two bill, which O.
have passed second reading ia the House
making an appropriation for q monument d
Tor t'enerals Mead and Haneoek. anil also
one for rhc first mana corporai-who fell 0
ON thar flta day. IN all amounting 20 about &
Sl4oVoo. In the matter of appropriations Z
our STATE IS far behind many Others. and the i
Legislature will likely lo something. Just {
how much, no one knows.
The town Of Gettysburg Is an Old. sleepy
town, with little of the modern grt-ll, about
IL has few good buildings, and wo.N-+-~rr-,s
10 lack hotel llls+rrrs- 10 accommodate the y
umerouS~<Sursious and gatherings to the
riace,
)>The senate manages 20 keep up it, work
with litrie or effort and i- tar ia adYanre %
Of the House. On last Wednesday what i D,
known as the South Penn bin passed third !.
rsading This Is the bin that Senator :,
Thompson. of Dauphin, l.l- in charge. and h
provides 10 authorize the abandonment Of ri
section, "r branches Of railroads not in artu- n
li operation and the completion and cou- i.
Of the remaining portion, or ser
tion~ hy the ovner- or purchasers thereof
is Vl- opposed by Senator Rutan. Schnat-
t@Fiy NewmysT. aud o;hers The latter. d,
during the course ~ hi, remarks said The
bilI world riug down 'h, curtain upou the
liSf Al Of the buiIdfu. of the <onfh Penn